White pupils ‘tied up black boy for mock slave sale’

The secondary school in Bath has not been named to protect the victimBen Gurr for The Times

Police are investigating an incident at a school in which white pupils allegedly tied up and whipped a black classmate in a mock slave auction on school grounds at lunchtime.

At least seven white teenagers were said to have tied their fellow pupil to a lamppost and whipped him with sticks, shouting racist abuse referring to the slave trade. The incident took place at a secondary school in Bath that has not been named to protect the victim’s identity.

Three of the alleged perpetrators were expelled by the head teacher but allowed to return after the board of governors overturned the decision.

The victim’s parents did not wish to comment but other parents were alarmed by the abuse.